Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, lauded the Trump administration for designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, telling Newsmax on Thursday that it’s now time to do what’s necessary to knock them out.

Roy joined “Rob Schmitt Tonight” hours after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned the Trump administration against any kind of invasion targeting the cartels.

The eight Latin American drug trafficking groups designated as terrorist organizations include Mexican gangs such as the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels — two of the country’s most powerful and violent criminal organizations.

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